The strategy revealed on April 27, 2026 that it acquired 3,273 Bitcoin for $255 million during the week ending April 26, which brings the company’s total holdings to 818,334 BTC with an estimated value of $63.7 billion at current market prices.
The purchase was made at an average price of $77,906 per Bitcoin, funded by the sale of 1.45 million shares of Class A common stock through its equity market (ATM) system.
The Virginia-based business intelligence firm reported that its Bitcoin Yield metric has reached 9.6% year to date in 2026, up from 9.5% disclosed last week.
This proprietary metric measures the percentage change in the ratio between Bitcoin Holdings and diluted shares deemed outstanding, which provides insight into the company’s efficiency in acquiring Bitcoin relative to shareholder dilution. Bitcoin’s accumulated strategic position has an average cost recovery of $75,537 per coin, representing a total investment of $61.81 billion.
The strategy now controls about 4% of the total bitcoin supply
With 818,334 Bitcoin in its treasury, Strategy now owns about 3.9% of the cryptocurrency’s fixed 21 million supply cap. The latest purchase expands the company’s position beyond BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), which holds approximately 802,823 BTC.
Strategy’s Bitcoin reserves account for more than 60% of all Bitcoin held by publicly traded companies worldwide, cementing its position as the largest manager of the digital asset.
The purchase represents the company’s continuation of its Bitcoin treasury plan under executive chairman Michael Saylor, who has stated a goal of accumulating between 5% and 7% of Bitcoin’s total capital.
Funding through the ATM system of common stock
The $255 billion purchase was financed through an ATM arrangement of $21 billion of Strategy’s common stock, excluding the issuance of preferred stock during the April 20-26 period.
In March 2026, the company filed to issue two $21 billion ATM plans for both MSTR common stock and STRC preferred stock, and an additional $2.1 billion plan for STRK preferred stock, providing the company with $42 billion in total capital raising potential.
The common stock ATM system allows the Strategy to sell shares in the market gradually without the need for traditional equity offerings, providing flexible funding for the continued acquisition of Bitcoin.
Strategy’s Class A common stock (MSTR) traded at $172 at the time of writing, indicating a year-to-date gain of approximately 12.55%. However, shares are down about 47.5% to 51% over a 12-month period, underperforming Bitcoin’s price movement over the same period.
The stock has experienced consistent monthly losses from July to December 2025, including declines of 16.78% in August, 16.36% in October, and 34.26% in November.
Despite recent volatility, MSTR shares have delivered an average return of 134.9% over the past five years.
Michael Saylor, Founder & CEO of Cebo, is speaking at the Bitcoin Summit later this week.
